What’s the best gun for hunting polar bears?
>>64678265my peenus weenus of course :)
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>>64678265.375 Ruger>.375H&H performance>Fits in standard/long action instead of a magnum action for a lighter more maneuverable rifle. Mossberg on the garbage stick end to Parkwest on the heirloom end of quality, a ton of companies offer .375 Ruger.
M1917 Enfield
>>64678265Some kind of large caliber rifle? Certainly not a pistol!I hope this answers your question
>>64678312Or a Kar.98k.
A chain gun apparently
>>64678322Sure it will definitely do the trick. .30-06 is superior in every way though.
>>64678312>>64678322No one cares about your faggy sled dog teams
>>64678265.22 magnum, it bounces off the blubber once it penetrates and tears up the organs
>>64678356I'm glad I don't live in a state with bears because I'd get mauled to death trying to feed and play with one. They're the epitome of "if not friend why friend shaped?"
>>64678312Even the Syrup Rangers switched to tikkas t3x's in .308 years ago.
>>64678588>They're the epitome of "if not friend why friend shaped?"They are absolutely terrifying. Cold blooded killes that turn vicious in a millisecond. They ate the Neanderthals to extinction.
>>64678265Top Gear's expedition to the North Pole used 12 gauge with slugs
>>64678588>"if not friend why friend shaped?"Back to the disney dreamland that's reddit for you
>>64678660That's the correct answer. Versus trying to play a W.D.M. Bell perfect skull shots game like the euros
.308 semi auto. I want multiple chances and .308 will zip through any animal on earth ass to mouth
>>64678813Come at me, nigga.
>>64678830Ill need a couple of grocery store trips but I bet we could make a meat target test
>>64678813>and .308 will zip through any animal on earth ass to mouthShut up noguns, it's weaker than 06.
>>64678265I think .35 Whelen, any of the 9.3s, or any of the .375s would work perfectly. They're big, but they're not so much bigger than a grizzly that you'd need to move up in caliber.
>>64678588I don't know if you've ever had pets and learned some animal body language, but I see fren shaped, fren fluffy, murderous hateful glare, annoyance that the camera is out of killing reach, multiple attempts to destroy the camera, zero concern that the annoying camera is any threat at all, and oh look it's protecting cubs. There should be some kind of relay in your hindbrain making an audible clicking sound as it latches over from fren to foe since you have a lot of ancestors that successfully reproduced.
>>6467826512ga slugs.
>>64678588They smell like shit and have very corse hair.Source: have cuddled black bear cubs and have a university grizzly enclosure on my bike ride to work
>>64678482Those men actually live in polar bear territory, I think they have the final say on what's good for the job, not some yank hick who probably hasn't left his flyover state his entire life.
>>64678848It’s functionally the same inside bear defense distance. 178gr at 2500fps vs 2600fps will both fuck up any land animal in the western hemisphere
The stupid heyahoyaheyahoyaheyahoya bear in Terror should have been killed instantly by the rail gun they hit it with.
>>646782651911 in .45
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>>64678265In Svalbard where everyone is required to carry long guns as polar bear defense, they require>For polar bear protection, for visitors only repeating rifles of minimum calibre 308/ 30-06 with expanding bullets where the projectile weighs at least 10 grams and has an estimated energy of at least 2200 Joule at 100 metres distance, or shotguns with slugs of calibre 12 or more, are approved for this purpose.
>>64680113Imagine shooting it and having to drag it out, or having to quarter the damn thing
>>64678588Black bears are friends. Brown and polar bears aren't.
>>64680292Less that and more they're scared as hell. I've seen a black bear once in my life, even while living in the country, and it was a pretty fast flash. There's videos abound of them running away from territorial house cats, they're actually really funny
>>64678265I had to go take pictures in the heart of grizzly country which is a fucking national park and it was 12 gauge hi cap semiauto or 30-06 hi cap semiauto with AP rounds. Was looking at mucho anos in prison-o for getting caught with that shit in a park - but we lucked out and didn't even see a fucking grizzly. The way I heard it was failure to penetrate a bear is what gets you killed so figured if I had to I would start the ball rolling with 20 through-and-through gunshot wounds maybe buy enough time to swap-in another mag.
If you're cold, they're cold. Let them inside. Let them inside now.
>>64678265Anything will do, really.
>>64678588cringe reddit faggot
Bump for MISTER HICKEY
